Paranoid::Lockfile - Paranoid Lockfile support


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NAME

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Paranoid::Lockfile - Paranoid Lockfile support

VERSION

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$Id: Lockfile.pm,v 0.62 2009/03/17 23:54:56 acorliss Exp $

SYNOPSIS

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  use Paranoid::Lockfile;

  $rv = plock($lockfile);
  $rv = punlock($lockfile);
  $rv = pcloseLockfile($lockfile);

DESCRIPTION

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This modules provides a relatively safe locking mechanism multiple processes. This does not work over NFS or across remote systems, this is only intended for use on a single system at a time, and only on those that support flock.

sysopen is used to avoid race conditions with multiple process attempting to create the same file simultaneously.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

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plock

  $rv = plock($filename);

This function attempts to safely create or open the lockfile. It uses sysopen with O_CREAT | O_EXCL to avoid race conditions with other processes. Returns a true if successful.

Your can pass an optional second argument which would be a string of either 'write' or 'shared'. The default is 'write', which locks the file in exclusive write mode.

You can pass an optional third argument which would be the lockfile filesystem permissions if the file is created. The default is 0600.

punlock

  $rv = punlock($filename);

This function removes any existing locks on the specified filename using flock. If no previous lock existed or it was successful it returns true. This does not, however, close the open filehandle to the lockfile.

pcloseLockfile

  $rv = pcloseLockfile($filename);

This function releases any existing locks and closes the open filehandle to the lockfile. Returns true if the file isn't currently open or the operation succeeds.

DEPENDENCIES

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Fcntl

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Paranoid

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Paranoid::Debug

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

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AUTHOR

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Arthur Corliss (corliss@digitalmages.com)

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

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Paranoid documentation Contained in the Paranoid distribution.

# Paranoid::Lockfile -- Paranoid Lockfile support
#
# (c) 2005, Arthur Corliss <corliss@digitalmages.com>
#
# $Id: Lockfile.pm,v 0.62 2009/03/17 23:54:56 acorliss Exp $
#
#    This software is licensed under the same terms as Perl, itself.
#    Please see http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.
#
#####################################################################

#####################################################################
#
# Environment definitions
#
#####################################################################

package Paranoid::Lockfile;

use 5.006;

use strict;
use warnings;
use vars qw($VERSION @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
use base qw(Exporter);
use Fcntl qw(:flock O_RDWR O_CREAT O_EXCL);
use Paranoid;
use Paranoid::Debug qw(:all);
use Paranoid::Filesystem;
use Carp;

($VERSION) = ( q$Revision: 0.62 $ =~ /(\d+(?:\.(\d+))+)/sm );

@EXPORT      = qw(plock punlock pcloseLockfile);
@EXPORT_OK   = qw(plock punlock pcloseLockfile);
%EXPORT_TAGS = ( all => [qw(plock punlock pcloseLockfile)], );

#####################################################################
#
# Module code follows
#
#####################################################################

{

    # file descriptor stash
    my %fd;

    sub _clearLocks {

        # Purpose:  Cleanly closes all lockfiles
        # Returns:  True/false
        # Usage:    $rv = _clearLocks();

        my ( $frv, $rv );

        pdebug( 'entering', PDLEVEL2 );
        pIn();

        $frv = 1;
        foreach ( keys %fd ) {
            $rv = pcloseLockfile($_);
            $frv = 0 unless $rv;
            pdebug( "$_ rv: $rv", PDLEVEL3 );
        }

        pOut();
        pdebug( "leaving w/rv: $frv", PDLEVEL2 );

        return $frv;
    }

    sub plock ($;$$) {

        # Purpose:  Opens and locks the specified file.
        # Returns:  True/false
        # Usage:    $rv = plock( $filename );
        # Usage:    $rv = plock( $filename, $lockType, $fileMode );

        my $filename = shift;
        my $type     = shift;
        my $mode     = shift;
        my $targ     = defined $type ? $type : 'undef';
        my $marg     = defined $mode ? $mode : 'undef';
        my $rv       = 0;
        my $fd;

        # Validate arguments
        croak 'Mandatory first argument must be a defined filename'
            unless defined $filename && length $filename > 0;
        croak 'Optional second argument must be a valid lock type'
            unless !defined $type
                || ( defined $type && $type =~ /^(?:write|shared)$/sm );

        pdebug( "entering w/($filename)($targ)($marg)", PDLEVEL1 );
        pIn();

        # Get the filehandle if it's already open
        if ( exists $fd{$filename} ) {
            $fd = $fd{$filename};

            # Open a new filehandle
        } else {

            # Set the default perms if needed
            $mode = 0600 unless defined $mode;

           # To avoid race conditions with multiple files opening (and
           # overwriting) the same file, and hence doing flocks on descriptors
           # with a different # (f#*&ing lock isn't working!) we attempt to do
           # an exclusive open first.  If that fails, then we do reopen to get
           # a filehandle to the (possibly) newly created file.
            sysopen( $fd, $filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, $mode )
                || sysopen( $fd, $filename, O_RDWR );

            # Store the new filehandle
            $fd{$filename} = $fd if defined $fd;
        }

        # Flock it
        if ( defined $fd ) {

            # Assign the lock type according to $type
            $type = 'write' unless defined $type;
            $type = $type eq 'write' ? LOCK_EX : LOCK_SH;
            $rv = 1;
            flock $fd, $type;
        }

        pOut();
        pdebug( "leaving w/rv: $rv", PDLEVEL1 );

        return $rv;
    }

    sub punlock ($) {

        # Purpose:  Removes any existing locks on the file
        # Returns:  True/false
        # Usage:    $rv = punlock();

        my $filename = shift;
        my $rv       = 1;

        # Validate arguments
        croak 'Mandatory first argument must be a defined filename'
            unless defined $filename && length $filename > 0;

        pdebug( "entering w/($filename)", PDLEVEL1 );
        pIn();

        $rv = flock $fd{$filename}, LOCK_UN if exists $fd{$filename};

        pOut();
        pdebug( "leaving w/rv: $rv", PDLEVEL1 );

        return $rv;
    }

    sub pcloseLockfile ($) {

        # Purpose:  Unlocks and closes the passed filename
        # Returns:  True/false
        # Usage:    $rv = pcloseLockfile( $filename );

        my $filename = shift;
        my $rv       = 1;

        # Validate arguments
        croak 'Mandatory first argument must be a defined filename'
            unless defined $filename && length $filename > 0;

        pdebug( "entering w/($filename)", PDLEVEL1 );
        pIn();

        if ( exists $fd{$filename} ) {
            flock $fd{$filename}, LOCK_UN;
            $rv = close $fd{$filename};
            delete $fd{$filename} if $rv;
        }

        pOut();
        pdebug( "leaving w/rv: $rv", PDLEVEL1 );

        return $rv;
    }
}

END {
    _clearLocks();
}

1;

__END__